Chapter 7

Naruto's POV

I don't know what the hell I was doing, but Kyuubi was right. I really can't help to love him and I can't stand to lose him again.

"But we have to leave, you know," I heard him say.

"Why?"

"If Itachi finds you, he'll kill you… and maybe me too."

"I don't mind dying…" That accidently slipped out. As usual I wasn't thinking.

"Well, too bad. I won't let you." I felt him hold me tighter. I sighed against his shoulder. "Naruto…"

"Huh?" Just then, he lifted his head up and leaned in to kiss me… only this time, it felt… different than usual. My hands fell from around his neck, back to my sides. "Nng," I groaned, my eyes getting fatigued. I felt him place a hand on my face as this kiss grew deeper. What's happening to me…? Why do I feel drowsy? My body started to lose its sentiment, unable to kiss him back any longer. I lost all strength and sunk to the floor, leaving his precious lips.

"Sasuke," I said barely above a whisper as I slowly rolled my exhausted eyes up to see him crouch down next to me. I felt his hand stroke my cheek as my vision started to smear. "What's… hap… pening to me…?" I nearly killed myself using more of my worn-out breath.

"You're just very tired," I managed to take notice of. "I'm sorry." After that, my eyes rolled to the back of my head, closing my eyelids, entering the darkness of slumber.

I woke up but to only hear myself breathing and the faded voices around me. I shook my head to try to clear up everything. Suddenly something soft rested upon face, slightly lifting my head. I blinked several times at this figure. As soon something warm and moist stroked my lips, I instantly knew who it was.

"Sasuke?" The figure nodded. "Sasuke… how come I can't… move as much?"

"Don't worry about it," his voice didn't sound right… but as long as I'm with him, everything should be fine, right? Hands unbuttoned my shirt and slid the cloth gently over my shoulders, revealing skin. Fingers ran along my neck, kisses following after. A moan escaped my lips.

"… yameto…" Usually he would have stopped. A fierce pain shot through my entire body. He chose to do it by force? Yameto onegai shimasu! ITTAI! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS PAIN I'M FEELING IN ME? I screamed as loud as I could, running out of breath immediately. I heard the window shatter and whoever was on me was quickly pulled off. I screamed again as something sharp left my neck. I felt blood flow out of me, fast yet slow.

"Naruto! Naruto!" There's Sasuke's real voice… "Naruto, please! Speak to me…!" Hands touched the spot where the pain was and I flinched. "Oh, God, please don't do this to me…" Using the last of my strength, I slowly lifted up my hand to touch Sasuke's face, and smiled at him. I felt him grab my hand with his free one and held it there. I didn't have any more strength to give any last words for him. From there, everything faded back to black.

"Naruto…? Naruto? Oi! Don't play any games with me! NARUTO!"

I watched down on him. I watched him shed tears over my body. He looked at my neck and realized something. I know I'm not dead. So I'm guessing now he knows, too. Knowing that one of his kind bit my in the wrong place. I turned around to face the beast within me.

"Kyuubi? He knows I am not dead, right?" He nodded his head.

"If you don't want him to worry himself to dead, at least start breathing again," he advised.

"Why can I not stay here longer, Kyuubi?" I asked curious.

"There's no need. Now go." Doing as I was told, I closed my eyes and climbed back in to my body.

A large intake of breath woke me. My vision was clear again, I can hear… at least I think I can.

"Naruto?" I stand corrected. I sat up and realized I had been put in a bed. I turned my head to see Sasuke staring at me in awe.

"Don't look at me like that, Sasuke," I said, rolling my eyes. "I'm not a terrorist."

"Tch," he scoffed, getting rid of his stare. He walked towards me and placed his hand on my neck. I flinched again. "Couldn't you tell?" He used his thumb to push my head to face his way, finding that he was giving me a serious look.

"What?" I asked confused.

"Back then, you couldn't tell that he wasn't me?" His eyes guided to my newly bandaged neck.

"I couldn't see very well 'cause my vision was all messed up so I couldn't see clearly. All I could do was feel whatever was happening. I thought it was you after he kissed me-"

"What?" His eyes sharply shot back at mine. "He did what?"

"It's really not a big deal, Sasuke." He sighed as his hand slid off of my neck, no longer touching me, and stood up straight.

"He kissed you, Naruto," he said as his eyes turned red. "I knew I should have killed him. Damn it." He turned around to leave but I grabbed his hand after a step forward. He stopped and turned back around. Scared by the way he looked at me with his blood-red eyes made me let go of him, pulling back my hand to hold it in the other. I turned away from him, petrified.

"S-Sorry," I apologized, closing my eyes.

"Naruto," I heard him sigh as his hands framed my face, bending over to kiss me. I reached up to touch a hand of his as he laid me down without breaking the kiss. As he pulled away, he took his hands off of my face and placed them on either side of me. I opened my eyes and looked up at him. His eyes were no longer red. They were back to its original pitch-black color. "Get some sleep," he whispered. "We have to leave this place tomorrow morning. I need to get you somewhere safe before Itachi finds us."

"So… we're basically running away… together?" Just saying "running away together" made me smile. He caressed my cheek as he chuckled.

"Yeah, just like that." He crawled under the sheets with me and wrapped his long warm arms around me, pulling me in to an undying hug.

"I love you, Sasuke…" I haven't said those words for God knows how long. He said something, but I couldn't hear it clearly as I slowly fell asleep.